Silene schafta is one of the most popular plants for a rockery, not least because it flowers at a time when many other rockery plants are past their best. It forms a neat tuft of bright green pointed leaves, covered in late summer and into autumn with bright magenta flowers with deeply cut petals.

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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Germination:

WinterOutside (78 days)

Seed Pod The seedpod is a long pointed cylinder, opening with a star shape.

Seed The seeds are brown commas. There are many seeds in a seed pod.

Seedling The seedlings have pointed leaves.

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